Metallica frontman James Hetfield refuses to drag out their classic hits
for concert performances, preferring instead to play new songs to maintain
their standing in contemporary heavy rock.

The metal outfit - who first shot to prominence with their 1983 debut
album KILL 'EM ALL - are eager to avoid turning into a "nostalgia act" because
they're all still focused on creating new tunes - a chemistry they depend on to
keep them
going.

Hetfield says, "We certainly don't want to turn into some nostalgia act,
and the longer your career goes the more you have a chance of doing that.
You've got certain songs that people want to hear without playing four hours,
what are you going
to do?

"We're not interested in cruising through the rest of our careers; we
still feel we've got lots of creativity to offer. Every night we're coming up
with riffs that just bond us, before going onstage; it stamps even deeper why
we belong together
and there is magic there."